Fruits are easy for Liam to digest. He can eat just about everything. I limit his apple intake and always take the skin off. Grapes and watermelon are two other fruits I give sparingly. I try to give him mostly fresh fruit. However I do buy frozen fruit for smoothies. Liam usually has a smoothie everyday either with breakfast or as a snack. I also buy canned fruits for days that we are traveling. I do not do it often because you can't buy organic canned fruit. I also only buy them when they are packed in juice. They can be hard to find sometimes. Most canned fruits are packed in syrup. Below is a list of fruits that we eat in our house are:

Bananas

Strawberries

Blueberries

Blackberries

Raspberries

Avocado

Oranges

Kiwis

Mango

Pineapple

Mandarin's

Peaches (skin off)

Nectarines

Watermelon (sparingly)

Grapes (sparingly)

Apples (skin off and one a day)

Vegetables are a little tougher for Liam to eat, especially raw ones. I try to not give him much raw vegetables, due to it being "roughage". Roughage can be hard on his gut to digest and so if he does eat veggies most are cooked. Lettuce is one vegetable I do not give Liam at all. I will give him cooked spinach, but raw leafy lettuce is not very good cooked, so I just avoid giving it to him. As you read you may also be surprised that I don't have potatoes or corn on the list. Potatoes and corn are high in fiber, which I try to keep Liam away from. They are high in carbohydrates which breaks down into sugar. Sugar is hard on a gut, especially a UC gut. As you learn more of how I feed him you will find that I don't feed him a lot of carbohydrates or sugar. But I will go into more detail in the sugar post. Because, we are talking about fruits and vegetables I will only explain that fruits and vegetables are actually simple carbohydrates -still composed of basic sugars, although they are drastically different from other foods in the category, like cookies and cakes. The fiber in fruits and vegetables changes the way that the body processes their sugars and slows down their digestion, making them a bit more like complex carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates are considered the "good" carbs. Below is a list of the raw vegetables that he can eat are:

Tomatoes ( he loves cherry the best)

Cucumbers (skin off)

When I give Liam cooked vegetables I usually steam, stir fry, roast or BBQ them. I will post some yummy recipes in a couple of days. Check out my list below.

Asparagus

Green Beans

Carrots

Sugar Snap Peas

Cauliflower

Broccoli (small amounts)

Sweet Potatoes

Red Bell Pepper

Green Bell Pepper

Orange Bell Pepper

Yellow Bell Pepper

Zucchini

Yellow squash

Collard Greens

Spinach

Cabbage

Bok Choy

I hope this helps some of you. If you have any questions or ideas please feel free to comment. I would love to chat about this.